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My name is Monika Sosnowski and I'm a photographer of places, things and people. My work is about moments that reveal a fragmented narrative. I looks for traces – presence in absence and absence in presence; the in-between.
This blog is an extension of my artistic practice.

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Influences/Inspirations The films of Krzysztof Kieślowski continue to have a profound impact on me. The Decalogue and The Double Life of Véronique are especially close to my heart. I’d go as far as to say that I literally identify my sensibility, as a person as well as an artist, with the themes portrayed in them and the general tone…

My favorite wanderer. Rob went along with me last fall on a exploration of an abandoned and haunting place I was drawn to and had to photograph. That project is finally starting to evolve – working title, “Once Upon a Time.” Thank you for accompanying me in the discovery of an unlikely beauty. FacebookTwitter

Last chance to register for my Insightful Portrait workshop this weekend at IS 183 Art School of the Berkshires. “When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I’d like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph. ” – Annie Leibovitz The quote above by Annie Leibovitz goes to…

Last chance to register for this Sunday’s workshop! Starting out at 3,491 ft above sea level atop Mount Greylock, in the heart of the wonder-filled Berkshires, we will have an awesome, inspiring and productive day hiking, looking, exploring and photographing nature’s magic. The Magic Woods – photographic one-day workshop with Monika Sosnowski: Mountains and forests…

Christin Couture is a visual artist – a painter. With a mystic-like sensibility, she contemplates the world around her and colors it dreamy, or witty, or mysterious, or mad-science fantastical and often all of the above. Working solo or collaborating with her husband, 3-D artist William Hosie, Christin’s work is a meditation on the organic…

The last two weeks have been challenging. Physically, emotionally and creatively. Forced by circumstances beyond my control, I had to retreat for a while. I’ve rediscovered sleep and the benefits of doing the minimum. We all need some form of help when healing. Touch is magic. Back to the process. Back to work. This morning…

WHERE DO YOUR DREAMS SLEEP NOW Where do your dreams sleep now where do your fears nest where do your hungers growl A planet falls out of the hand Where do your snows nap timid fawns curious hares gentle doves stubborn paths every evening I lie down at their side …

The elusive past. The unwritten. forgotten, swept under the rug kind. Is there really any other? And yet all it takes is one glance at a little photograph. Taken so long ago it will elicit scratching of the head even for those who might have something to say about it. Something gets stirred. Awaken. A…

At last a small breakthrough. Something is beginning to come into view and though I still cannot fully comprehend the form or the meaning, I trust it. This pairing finally opens up for me a way in. There’s few others I’ve discovered that I sort of ignored for about a year. I’ve been thinking a…